The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-07-28
MARY JAMES TRAVELS.
DlCkeY AND HER CHAPERONE GO
FROM PISA TO NAPLES.
They See the Famous Leaning Tower,
and Dickcy Asks Pun-tonundrum.
san BIistcfed Houses without Piazzas.
The Young Man aud the Barber.

Especial Correspondence
NAPLES, July H. when we reached Pisa
the other day we had been Iva Italy only two
days and our knowledge Of the language
was. consequently, small As tho train came
into the town couldn't find out, from what
heard people say, whether 10 was Pisa or
way station: so stuck my head ont n The
window and tccoinoitcrci for land marks
That's one ~ The advantages Of travelling
ia Europe SO many picture Of tho chief
attractions Of the towns have been scattered
over the world that one Is almost sure Co see
something familiar, in The shape Of "a tower
dome. ancient ruin or other guide post
Al Pisa, Of course, we looked for the won
deriul LEANING Tower" The most familiar
slantendicular piece Of architecture known 20
school Biographies and picture books Dickey
was sticking half way ont of tine car ON the
side next % the town.
DO you see it, sand f. anxion,ly, for one
must boz ready 10 yacate The promise, when
the car door is opened, md we usually pack
mp going through the suburbs
no" said she, Il don't think this IS tbe
placcn
Where are you lootingl' said ], noticing
that BIER eye. were turned skyward
Looking Tor tine top the plague take il
tower. Of course said She "You didn't
think I was looking under the car seat for IT,
did youT
"Irt mc get there "a minute said ], nul
with that took % sweep of the landscape,
bat no tower was in range Then wc lowered
Our angle Of vision about g1 dc.s aud
there. stuck away over on one side Of town
small and insignificant, like "a chimney Grip
pied by @ cyclone, wc saw the Leaning
Tower, the most disappointing cht of every
thing $50 bad witnessed mp 10 date
feU 500 provoked that ] had row With
the baggage porter at tho station, and didn't
entirely miiithe next morning, when
went 10 the tower and climbed a. b.. top !
had my temper sm0othed over hy his time.
but my disappointment remained, and while
history. association md such other intangible
effects lend interest TO the tower, the tower
itself will never more hold place m ny imoc
ination. I'm addition, Dickey got off that
miserable pun-conunlum, almost as od as
tine tower, which increased my discomfort
because had forgotten IT,
why" said She. "would 10 be- bad piece
Of property 90 bnyN
Because haven't got enough money %
pay for TO- said !. snarily.
True sand she, "but not the answer
"Giye b. mp. said l.
"Becau-o, there is lean ON 10, % said shc and
went ont, leaving mo 20 pay the man at the
door half franc for going up
There is little m Pisa to ,ce0f the horoir-
ais interesting kind B} that ] mean those
things which have made other cities boo ltlly
famous
Near the Leaning Tower are the Cathedral.
the Campo Sarto and The Bopi-tery 1l.
HaptItcry has am echo ou daught which
costs half franc The cathedral is creat
pile, with "a facade that needs restoration.
AMI inside hangs the famous lamp. whose
swinging motion gave Gallileo "tip." SD to
speak, on making pcnduum- History docs
not SO record b., but / should imagine That
the winding stair up the Leaning ToW.l
might have given some other man the idea Of
the modern stem winder.
The Aruo splits the town. and just across
from our hotel. hanging over thf stone om
hankmcnt, D., tae cutct little church Boo ten
states 10 i,a vest pocket edition Of church.
done in hlacl, AMI white marble with STATUES
and pinuacles stuck al over taud is 0spt'tF
as brick steamboat. a portion of Che orig.
inal Crown of Thorn. is preserved here. and
you pay half "a franc 70 look az Tire inscription
which convey, thr information
Pisa has other objects of interest. which
are set down boz due form boz the guide books.
md it bias moro history than the whole OF tlc
United States and Canada, and New Jersey
thrown in.
What pleased me most was its extreme pla-
cidity reminding me very much of tne little
finished towns found often boz our own sunny
south. All that was needed Co complete tie
picture was two or three daibies sleeping on
the river bank, and a couplecf white clt.zous
sitting on q drygools box chewing tobacco
and talking politics. Ii has 10000 iuhali-
tants and mo- street cars. and thcpromeuajers
we met ON the Lung Arno at sunset had the
appearance Of persons who lived there De-
cause they hadn't the energy o. catch Tine
iiist train ont Of town
We had, however and we did, and that
train was at . a. m. 10 was strain. hut $50
got there, aud the fresh air from thc field.
and the flowers. as we scurricd along almost
a.oncd for the clo-cncss Of the compartments
in which two or three passengers were trying
10 finish nights sleep with the window,
shut to keep out the draught
ID isa long hard ride that from Pisa Co
Naples, hut everything was new To- us, and
revere there 20 sec, So we made no com
plant
10 was pleasauter, too, than from Monte
Carlo 90 Pisa, not because the scenery Wa,
finer, for 30 wasn't, bat because from Mont,
Carlo 60 Pisa there are about 30 tunnels,
some long and Some short, and the whole lot
constituting, as D.cbey says, tine most au
noyiug bore She ever met with. Scenery
must bc seen 10 Doe appreciated, and most OF
IL between the points named would have o.
be- turned upside down ina order o. give those
who pass under 30 glimpse OF its DWELLINGS,
The only effort in this direction SD far IS thc
earthquake, and while 10 is successful m
turning landscape over, DO cannot do Do
without marriug It's beauty o. 20 considerable
extent as We Observed in tho ueishborhool
Of Mcntono aud other points along thc
Riviera
The dwelling houses Of Franco and the
Riviera arc study 90 me- Tht.r beauty is
mostly ON the inside, that is il tits ans place,
and straugcst Of AN, in country where
sunshine, and pretty warm sunshine. too, is
the rule. porches, portcoes and yorandas
are the exceptions From Bouiopc To
Naples ! don't think / have seen house
shaded N..,at..i. ..t.nr, small flr.tf..f